Well now, isn't that just dandy!

Less than 24 hours after I sent the message below to the IMDb help desk, they have split up the Classic TV board into 7 different boards - one per decade. Who knew the inertia of IMDb could reverse direction that quickly? (I wonder if this blog is moot now?)


Now that it's a new decade, it's long past the time when you need to split up the Classic TV board.

Please divide this into 3 boards: 40s to 60s, 70s & 80s, and 90s to 00s. The amount of (what we old-timers consider to be) garbage about TV shows from the 1990s and 1980s that clutters this "Classic" board makes it intolerable to browse for what we consider to be classics.

I realize that each age group is going to have its own definition of "classic", which is why it's time for IMDb to retire that label and use decades, like I specified above. This way, the kiddies that want to foam over "Friends" or "Melrose Place" can do so with like-minded board readers, while the older set can chatter about "Leave it to Beaver" or "Bonanza". People can then visit the boards of their liking, and stay away from boards they consider to be "too old" or "too recent".

What do you think?